Box Score

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University baseball team kept it close through a third of the game, but was overwhelmed in the end and fell to the No.6 University of Louisville Cardinals 19-3 on Wednesday evening at Jim Patterson Field.
 
The Colonels (0-5) went scoreless in the top of the first, leaving the door open for Louisville to take advantage.
 
After a four-run bottom of the first for the Cardinals (4-0), Eastern started clawing away at the deficit in the top of the second. Freshman Jacob Abbott singled up the middle to bring fellow freshman Nick Howie home, making it 4-1 Louisville. Junior Max Ford notched two strikeouts in the bottom of the second to help prevent the Cardinals from extending their lead.
 
Senior Ben Fisher doubled to start the third inning, and scored on a bunt single from sophomore Dakota Graham, making it a 4-2 game. A double-steal allowed senior Matt Olive to steal home, making it a one run game in the middle of the third, 4-3. That, however, was as close as Eastern would get.
 
The game remained 4-3 until the bottom of the fifth where Louisville took control with a five-run inning. The Cardinals scored six runs in the sixth, three in the seventh and one in the eighth to put the game firmly out of reach, winning 19-3
 
Graham and Abbott led the way for Eastern with one hit and one RBI each.
 
The Colonels are set to host Oakland University this weekend at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington. The series opener is set for 2 p.m. on Friday.